Dressed for the Holidays Gingerbread House #2

Upscale icing techniques, fondant details and colorful candy decorating add trendy style and excitement to these designs. Decorate this house to display with the gifts under the Christmas tree.

Skill LevelBeginner

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Make front door. Roll out fondant 1/16 in. thick and cut door plus four rectangles. Attach for door. Use white icing to outline door and pipe dot doorknob.
Make all windows. Roll out fondant to 1/16 in. thick and cut windows—two for front, two for each side, and three for back. Attach. Use white icing to fill in windows. Pat smooth. Outline windows and windowpanes. Attach candy.
Decorate house front. Roll out fondant to 1/16 in. thick and cut a 2 in. triangle. Attach under eaves. Use white icing to pipe scallops at bottom edge of triangle. Attach candy.
Outline house. Use white icing to pipe zigzags at corners.
Decorate roof. Use spatula and white icing to ice roof. Attach candy. Use white icing to pipe zigzags on roof peak and eaves. Attach candy
Decorate base. Use spatula and icing to ice base. Attach candy for pathway.
Gingerbread Kit used: Gingerbread House Kit 2104-6866